Friday, Protara Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:TARA) shared data from three-month evaluable carcinoma in situ (CIS) patients treated across TARA-002 program, the company’s investigational cell-based therapy, in high-risk Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer (NMIBC), including Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-Unresponsive, BCG-Experienced and BCG-Naïve patient populations. Data were derived from three-month evaluable NMIBC patients with CIS pooled across the company’s ADVANCED-1 Phase 1a, Phase 1b-expansion and ADVANCED-2 Phase 2 trials. The overall three-month complete response (CR) rate before reinduction for 16 evaluable patients treated across the three trials with varying BCG status was 38% (6/16), with a CR rate of 63% (5/8) in CIS-only patients and 13% (1/8) in patients with CIS +Ta/T1.  The company believes that reinduction and planned enhancements to dosing and administration will lead to an increased CR ...